Bhagat Singh was criticized both by his contemporaries and by people after his death because of his violent and revolutionary stance towards the British opposed to the pacifist stance taken by the Indian National Congress and particularly Mahatma Gandhi. He was accused as having knowledge of the Kakori train robbery, which is now considered as an act of terrorism in the Indian independence movement. The methods he used to make his point, shooting Saunders and throwing non-lethal bombs, were quite different to the non-violent non-cooperation used by Gandhi. Bhagat Singh has also been accused of being too eager to die, as opposed to staying alive and continuing his movement. It has been alleged that he could have escaped from prison if he so wished, but he rathered that he die and become a legacy for other youths in India. Some lament that he may have done much more for India had he stayed alive.